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TIL of the Order of Malta Passport. It's the rarest passport in the world and is only issued to a few hundred people.

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aklb TIL that the song “Little Green Bag” made famous by “Reservoir Dogs” was originally titled Little Greenback and the lyrics sung throughout are “Little Greenback”. Somebody misprinted the title but the band accepted the name and it’s stuck.
ANaVa TIL most illustrations of the nursery rhyme London Bridge is Falling Down show Tower Bridge instead.
lybV TIL doctor-assisted suicide in Belgium is liberalized to the point where one can elect to be euthanized for suicidal reasons without immediate family having to be made aware
QYWL TIL of Walead Beshty, an artist who makes fragile glass and copper boxes and ships them to art galleries unprotected
pA14 TIL that police shot and killed at least 94 pet dogs in the U.S. in 2000. By 2008, that number spiked to 681. And through October 2014 there were at least 510 dog shootings by cops.